Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18387, Ebenezer Eaton, Mass.

SERVICE
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Eaton, Ebenezer
S 18387
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SERVICE
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Mass.
Eaton, Ebenezer
S. 18387
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order to pay. See letter, Nov. 21. 1836 to J. Adams & P. Agt.
24139 26.139 Massachusetts
Ebenezer Eaton
Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp y comman- by Capt n Maynard of the Reg t commanded by Col l Perry in the Mass line for 9 Mos.
Issued in the State of Mass at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug. 1823 and Martha J. Noble East Cambridge
  Amount to 1st. M th  $ 6 00    Interest thereon (ending 4/1/23)  1 50     $ 7 50  
Particulars Clam. } V er if d June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. Willis Clerk Book E. Vol. 2. Page 27

Declaration of Thomson Eaton
1847

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this Thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Deanezer Balon a resident of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty two years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
On the nineteenth of April 1775 I took up my gun and marched to Concord on hearing of the alarm - I overtook the British Troops on their retreat from Concord to Lexington & was engaged in a skirmish with them then and pursued them to Charlestown thro' Cambridge skirmishing most of the way - we had no officers to command us in said skirmishing, all fought as they saw fit - I staid at Cambridge about one week on duty and then enlisted in the Massachusetts militia service for the term of eight months at the end of said term we were dismissed and I served my term out and did actual service the whole term except when I was sick and unable to be at the same - I remember I was allowed to go home on my furlough to return to resume my place - I was absent a few weeks but cannot say how long - I was in the battle of Bunkerhill on the 17th of June under Col. John Nixon Lt. Col. Thomas Dyer - Col. Dyer of Concord was my major - Thomas Dyer was my captain - Mr. Maynard was my first Lt. & Joseph Dyer was my ensign - I fought on General Warren on the day of the battle of the 17th of June - Gen. Pitcairn was our active officer on that day -
In 1780 I was called out as a soldier on an alarm from Rhode Island under the following militia officers John Farnbridge was Lt. Col. and Col. Perry was our Col. Lawson Brockman of Framingham was my Captain John Farnbridge Jr. was my Lt. and Ebenezer Hemenway my ensign - In this campaign I served one month according to my best knowledge and belief.

was born in said Framingham in 1750 - I have no record of my birth and I know of none except in my bible. When called into the service I was an inhabitant of Framingham aforesaid & I have always lived in that town. I entered the service as a volunteer except when the alarm came from Mr. Gurnea & all the militia were called for. I never received a written discharge. I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Maynard Esq. - Major Isaac Stone L.L.D. David Brewer and William Brinsminton Esq. all of said Framingham. I have no documentary evidence.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Ebenezer Eaton  J.P. Pay Clerk
We, George Trask a clergyman, residing in the town of Framingham and William Brinsminton residing in said Framingham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Eaton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Geo. Trask - Wm Brinsminton Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  J.P. Pay Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that George Trask who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Framingham and that William Brinsminton who has also signed the same, is a resident in Framingham and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.  J.P. Pay Clerk
I Tracy Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ebenezer Eaton for a pension. I also certify that William Brinsminton , whose proper signatures are set to the certificate of the deposition of Ebenezer Eaton & George Trask , hereby appears as a justice of the Peace within the County of Middlesex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day aforesaid.  Tracy Reg of Prob

Yours sincerely J. H. H. H. for the Rev. Mr.

A Glitcha Draft of Framingham ham in the County of Middlesex testify also that I am well acquainted with Thomas Dulan of said Framingham.
In the year 1920 in July the said Dulan, connected to the above Island with me - we both belong ed to the same company of militia and we both served an said expedition and smooth according to my best knowledge and belief - we belong to the militia of Massachusetts.
Glitcha Draft Campanoweth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 30. 1932
Then the above named Glitcha Draft personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit the same signed before me this 30th day of August 1932
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Glitcha Glitcha Draft who signed the above affidavit and that he is a credible witness.
Framingham Wm. P. McNamee August 30. 1932 Justice of peace

I have been thinking of you and your father in the County of Middlesex aged eighty years to day. I saw him a few weeks ago with pleasure at our house in Birmingham. The old man is still alive and well as a matter of fact he was one of the first to be killed in the war at the Battle of the Somme who enlisted in that town after the 19th of April 1916. After being killed there were no other soldiers who were killed a few weeks later which fact I am not too sure about. He was not discharged till the end of the war December 1918. I think the old man gave me a map of the time of the battle. I am well ac- quainted with the people of Birmingham and I am persuaded that there is not a man who served from this town in all battles more alive except the old man.
Yours sincerely Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 30, 1932 The above name of Jonathan Maynard is correctly spelled and made oath to the truth of the above statement before me.
Mr. Brinsfield Dept of Justice I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jonathan Maynard & that he is a credible witness for the purpose August 30, 1932

19499
Ebenezer Eaton
Shop
Plat of 9 months, except Mason's camp, East Union, High Bridge, Middlesex. East Cambridge - June 1833.
The Osmians are surprised & the application of Rev. Eaton again forwarded for further proceedings. Samuel Dyer — they —
Dear Father E. East Cambridge May

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Cheney Eaton which require farther proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Living witnesses
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Nov 18
Henry Hughes 1000 1/2 1/2 1/2
J. D. Williams Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Nov. Framingham Oct. 10. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, The enclosed paper is forwarded for your examination & approbation - I do not forward the evidence of my being a magistrate, because the evidence is with the U.S. agent for pensions in Boston, & your ap- probation may be with the proviso, that such evidence shall be furnished -
Respectfully
Your ob't. Serv't
Josiah Holbrook will
Please forward the paper to me at this place

JAMES W. EATON, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR, ALBANY, N. Y. MILWAIR BUILDING - 88 STATE STREET
(Dictated)
Albany, N. Y., June 25th, 1896.
Hon. William Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
By an entry in the Massachusetts Archives, I find that one Ebenezer Eaton served in Col. Johnson's regiment of militia at the time of the battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775. He was in the company of Capt. Timothy Eaton at that time. Will you kindly transmit to me any information which you may have as to whether he ever received a pension or not from the government by reason of revolutionary service. He lived originally in Haverhill, Mass., but I think after the Revolution moved away from there to Concord, N. H., where he remained for a few years and subsequently settled in Walpole, N. H., where Ebenezer died in September, 1805. I will pay any proper official charges for the work when notified to do so.
Yours very truly,
James W. Eaton

THE MURRAY IRON WORKS CO.,
G. H. HIGBEE, PRESIDENT. F. A. MILLARD, SECY & TREAS.
FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS. BOILER MAKERS.
BURLINGTON, IOWA.
August 3, 1894.
Hon. Wm. Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir: -
Will you kindly give me the military history of Ebenezer Eaton a Revolutionary Soldier who was placed on the Pension Roll August 20th 1833 from Middlesex County, Mass.?
Respectfully,
F. A. Millard

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